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Girona Air quality today
Air quality in Girona currently reads AQI 14 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 14
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.1
- tree cover
- 44.1%
- trees in this area
- 139K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Barri Vell, Girona, Spain (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Girona · AQI 14 (Good)
Girona's tree count comes to 138,544 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Girona today: AQI 14, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 85 km, e.g. Mataró and Badalona
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.1
PM10
3.9
NO₂
7.8
O₃
50.0
SO₂
0.6
CO
122.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Girona's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 24 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 7.
Where Girona stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Girona: Healthy tree cover
44.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
138,544
Target trees
138,544
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Girona lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Girona has lost about 1,450 hectares of forest (about 2,000 football pitches): 8.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 258 hectares (18%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 4 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,450 haabout 2,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 258 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 62 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 96 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2010, when about 163 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8 ha | 20 ha | 28 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | 7 ha | 8 ha |
| 2003 | 5 ha | 10 ha | 15 ha |
| 2004 | 11 ha | 14 ha | 25 ha |
| 2005 | 5 ha | 6 ha | 11 ha |
| 2006 | 17 ha | 56 ha | 72 ha |
| 2007 | 9 ha | 32 ha | 41 ha |
| 2008 | 43 ha | 39 ha | 82 ha |
| 2009 | 5 ha | 8 ha | 12 ha |
| 2010 | 38 ha | 125 ha | 163 ha |
| 2011 | 14 ha | 30 ha | 44 ha |
| 2012 | 12 ha | 26 ha | 37 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 38 ha | 39 ha |
| 2014 | 5 ha | 38 ha | 43 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | 41 ha | 44 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 74 ha | 75 ha |
| 2017 | 9 ha | 73 ha | 82 ha |
| 2018 | 11 ha | 76 ha | 87 ha |
| 2019 | 6 ha | 107 ha | 113 ha |
| 2020 | 24 ha | 98 ha | 122 ha |
| 2021 | 6 ha | 60 ha | 66 ha |
| 2022 | 10 ha | 56 ha | 66 ha |
| 2023 | 8 ha | 46 ha | 54 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | 69 ha | 73 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | 48 ha | 53 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Girona?
- Loggingcan grow back82% · 1,190 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good14% · 205 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good3.2% · 47 ha
Also: mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural causes, wildfires, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 18,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 18,200 ha
- Overall change
- −262 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Girona stayed about the same size, at about 18,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 150 hectares, and about 412 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Girona right now?
The latest reading for Girona shows an AQI of 14 (Good), observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Girona today?
At AQI 14 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Girona been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Girona's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 24 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Girona lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Girona has lost about 1,450 hectares of forest (about 2,000 football pitches): 8.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 258 hectares (18%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about 62 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 96 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Girona stayed about the same size, at about 18,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 150 hectares, and about 412 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Girona?
Girona has an estimated 138,544 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 44.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Girona need?
Girona has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Girona's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Barri Vell; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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